‘Freedom’ is a word that probably everyone — left, right, center — claims to love. The key issue is how people define ‘freedom’ and when are they willing to sacrifice freedom for something else.

Conservatives tend to be willing to sacrifice freedom to achieve ‘order’ or ‘tradition’. Liberals tend to be willing to sacrifice freedom to achieve ‘equality’ or ‘fairness’.

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